Y Combinator exerts economic force on Canadian tech
Plus: Waabi claims largest-ever Canadian tech fundraise.
Why Y Combinator cut Canada out
John Ruffolo joins to discuss fuzzy data, “bullshit” narratives, and the real problems hampering Canadian tech.
Toronto Tech Week signs new two-year agreement with City of Toronto
Host applications now open for 2026 edition of Canada’s “largest grassroots tech gathering.”
TikTok and Grok are messes Canada can’t clean up
What’s a middle power to do in the face of algorithms controlled by global superpowers (and their supporters)?
Growth is not enough for Canadian businesses
Plus: General Fusion to go public on Nasdaq via $1-billion USD SPAC deal.
Canadian tech embraces Military Keynesianism
Plus: Shopify leans into agentic commerce.
The Canadian company solving AI’s latency problem
PolarGrid CEO Rade Kovacevic believes GenAI video and voice will be killer apps once they can function in real-time.
BetaKit’s secret plan for 2026
Plus: 2025 was the worst year for Canadian VC fundraising in a decade.
The future is a four-day workweek
Jared Lindzon’s new book says the future of work is more productive employees working fewer days.
The year Canada’s young entrepreneurs decided to leave
Plus: Groq’s staggering Nvidia deal has strong Canadian connections.
The biggest tech questions of 2026
Robots, and IPOs, and AI, Oh My! 2026 poses many tech questions.
The year Canadian tech got political (again)
In 2025, Canadian tech’s reengagement with federal politics had many parallels with the prior decade.
The biggest tech stories of 2025
2025 was a year of change in tech, but not for the reasons we expected.
Canada’s job market sucks for Gen Z
Employment Hero’s Kevin Kliman explains why Canada’s workforce is underemployed and anxious about 2026.
Humi’s co-founder loved being acquired and never wants to do it again
Plus: She tried to bring Silicon Valley’s tech energy to Vancouver. Why did she leave for the US instead?